History

Mosaic of the Archangel Michael (13th century)
from Church of Santa Maria dell' Ammiraglio pic.twitter.com/PrTXFC4D74

— Marysia (@marysia_cc) August 7, 2026

 

An Insight

The key to the successful counterattack is staying calm while your opponent gets frustrated and irritable.

— 33 Strategies of War (@33StrategiesBot) August 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

Vince Guaraldi was the brilliant composer and pianist behind the Peanuts cartoons.

It was quite controversial to use modern jazz in a kid's cartoon, networks hated it, but introduced many kids to jazz.

He was only 46 when he died in 1976, but left such a legacy! pic.twitter.com/eqXVEI3wMF

— Hollywood Horror Museum (@horrormuseum) August 8, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century pic.twitter.com/QAK0BNg17m

— weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) August 8, 2026

 

Data Talks

FUN FACT: a toilet roll that looks half used has only 38% of the paper left pic.twitter.com/aHfbv17Vwv

— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) August 7, 2026

 

Night Landscape 1943 by Thomas Hart Benton

Night Landscape 1943 by Thomas Hart Benton (USA, 1889-1975)

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History

I learned during my reporting years ago: The military are our vaccine guinea pigs.
They always have been.
The industry/military partnership can study adverse events without reporting them publicly or even telling the soldiers that’s what they may be suffering. (It’s… https://t.co/sPKQIvbOQB

— Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋 (@SharylAttkisson) August 7, 2026

 

An Insight

I needed my lawn mowed. I asked an American for the name of a company.

He said, "Get a kid."

A kid. Not a service. A child.

I asked which kid.

"Any of 'em."

I asked where one obtains a kid. There is no directory. There is no listing.

He said, "Ask around."

I asked around.…

— NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 (@japan_nobunaga) August 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

That hauntingly beautiful soprano voice soaring over Faramir's doomed charge on Osgiliath in Return of the King belongs to Ben Del Maestro, a young soprano whose vocals in Howard Shore's score turn one of the film's most tragic moments into pure poetry. pic.twitter.com/GIXGfWH2nD

— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) August 7, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

This same scene occurred on five continents. pic.twitter.com/h87zQVuvPV

— i/o (@avidseries) August 6, 2026